虚席以待 in English xu1 xi2 yi3 dai4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to reserve a seat for somebody (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

虚 席 以 待

Traditional Characters

虛 席 以 待

Pinyin

xu1 xi2 yi3 dai4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

虚xu1emptiness 席xi2surname Xi 以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 待dai4to stay